Welcome to The Good Ol' Days our family of 7 (almost 8) have stepped away from the city and into the country, we make an effort to go a little back in time and make things with our hands, from natural items, from scratch, and with love. We spend time enjoying our kids, our animals and the nature around us.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Yarn Along

I am joining in with Ginny from http://www.gsheller.com/ in yarn along again this week!
After a week of making bookworms for my kids to hand out at school this Valentine's Day, I thought well they must give a little something to their teachers too.....right??? Well, came across these adorable little Apple Cozies, they stop apples from getting bumped and bruised!! They are so cute and quick and easy to make up. I have 5 of these to make and I think I am going to make them all in nice bright spring colors. I think though these would look much nicer with some natural birch buttons from Tonya at http://plainandjoyfulliving.blogspot.com/, I just love her families creations, so natural and creative!
As I mentioned last week I love to read but am not big on books, so I cheat a bit here and put some spare time into magazines!!! This week I am reading the newest Hobby Farm Home magazine, I find all of these so full of useful knowledge that I often keep articles for future reference, but because I just don't have room to collect magazines I tear out the articles that interest me and collect them all in a binder that I call my reference binder. I know I can always find whatever I am looking fro here all organized by dividers and collected in plastic page protectors!!!!
Leave me a comment below on what you think or what you are making and reading this week.

About Me

I am a stay at home mom of 5 going on 6, our little bun in the oven is expected to arrive in July. I am married to a wonderful man, Chris... he brings joy to my life every day. We have 2 boys and 3 girls who keep us busy, happy, healthy and full of laughter. Chris and I both grew up in the busy city, but after having kids we quickly realized city life was not what we wanted. We moved to the country and are now surrounded by farmers fields and nature and now we are happy. We currently raise dairy goats and chickens and have a goal to one day be completely self sufficient. We have a few pets too... a pot bellied pig, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 rabbit and a guinea pig!!!